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GitLab 16.1 released

Type: patchSources: GitLab releases

GitLab 16.1 includes a security-related change to fail closed for invalid Security Policy approval checks, blocking merge requests until invalid rules are addressed. It also adds an API endpoint for configuring CI/CD job token scope.

Products
GitLab
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
GitLab 16.1
CVEs
Not specified
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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1 Nov 2026, 00:56 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

GitLab 16.1 released

official-gitlab-releases · Original source

Published 22 Jun 2023, 00:00 UTC

GitLab 16.1 includes a security-related change to fail closed for invalid Security Policy approval checks, blocking merge requests until invalid rules are addressed. It also adds an API endpoint for configuring CI/CD job token scope.

With this update, invalid rules will “fail closed”, blocking MRs until invalid rules in any scan result policies are addressed.

GitLab

Fixed versions: GitLab 16.1

Complete source record
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